James Wilber Hopper, born on August 27th, 1956, in Roswell, NM, passed away on October 13th, 2026, at his home surrounded by loved ones. A service will be held on November 7th, 2026, at Midway Assembly of God at 4pm.
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Roswell street closure
By Christina Stock — According to a city of Roswell press release, the 300 block of East McGaffey Street — between South Grand and South Stanton avenues — will be closed to traffic Tuesday as crews install a new water line. That section of street is expected to be reopened by the end of the […]
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Spooks, sweets and scares in Roswell
By Melanie Becker-Donovan, Roswell Daily Record — Halloween weekend brought a variety of activities to Roswell, giving residents opportunities to celebrate with family-friendly festivities, trick-or-treating and spooky attractions. One of the weekend’s highlights was the Mortals & Monsters Market on Saturday at Reischman Park. Organized by the House of Hercules, the market featured local vendors […]
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Week Ahead — Chaves County
By Terri Harber — Upcoming town and county meetings. Tuesday, November 3 — Election Day Canceled: Roswell Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Roswell Airport Advisory Commission, 2 p.m., in the air center’s terminal building, 1 Jerry Smith Circle, in the upstairs conference room. Also view this meeting online at https://global@gotomeeting.com/join/507187181, or heard by telephone at […]
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Lights out, doors open: County offers East Mountain residents a place to power up
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — East Mountain residents stuck in a stubborn power outage now have somewhere to plug in. Bernalillo County opened Los Vecinos Community Center in Tijeras to anyone who needs to charge a phone, clean up or simply get out of a dark house. The outage shut down Vista Grande Community […]
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St. Felix Pantry adds Wednesday grocery days for the holidays
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Rio Rancho families stretching their grocery budgets this holiday season get an extra day to stock up. St. Felix Pantry is adding Wednesday distributions through the end of December. The pantry will give out groceries Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon in November and December, according to a press […]
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Rotary seeks potential exchange students
By Jim Hilley The Roswell Rotary Club is seeking students who are interested in taking part in the club’s one-year high school exchange program. Bianca Cheney, chair of the Rotary District Youth Exchange Program Committee, said interested students can reach out her or any Rotary member. “The process is that you express interest, and then […]
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BernCo sponsoring free organic yard waste dumping in East Mountains
By Rodd Cayton — Wanna help build New Mexico’s largest compost pile? A new multi-jurisdictional initiative may make that happen. Bernalillo County Public Works and District 5 Commissioner Eric Olivas are partnering with the Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District to provide free organic waste disposal at the East Mountain Transfer Station. Starting Nov. 1, […]
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Making the roads less scary: ‘Take a Ride on Us’ program offers rideshare discounts for Halloween weekend
Those interested in partying over Halloween weekend have an additional resource in their efforts to keep things safe. The “Take a Ride on Us” program returns for the holiday, offering up to 2,500 discounted Uber rides to area residents. Anyone interested in participating may open the app, go to “vouchers,” and enter the code HALLOW26 […]
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The Halloween weekend is upon us — The Roswell Daily Record
By Christina StockTall and small, spooky or cute, all trick-or-treaters have lots of events to choose from this Halloween weekend. Some of our favorites are published in tomorrow’s edition of The Roswell Daily Record; others came in after press time, and we’ll share it here. Countdown to get a fresh pumpkin is going — St. […]